Introduction PART ONE: CONCEPTIONS OF MATHEMATICS 1 Mathematical inquiry 2 Mathematics and the world PART TWO: CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE 3 Method and discovery 4 Science and pseudo-science 5 Progress and revolution in science PART THREE: CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL INQUIRY 6 A science of human behaviour? 7 Understanding and explaining human action PART FOUR: CONCEPTIONS OF INQUIRY 8 Forms of inquiry 9 Objectivity 10 Values and inquiry

Stuart Brown, John Fauvel, Ruth Finnegan, Open University

First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.